Family lawyers Rebecca Hoelting and Sarah McCormack are acting on a long-held ambition and opening their own firm, Hoelting & McCormack, on Aug. 1.

Hoelting has worked at Decatur general practice boutique McCurdy & Candler, where she is a partner, for almost a decade. McCormack has worked for family law firm Kessler & Solomiany for almost 11 years, where she was the first female partner.